A little puzzle

[Obi-Wan]

A RIDDLE THAT'LL KILL YOUR BRAIN! This is going to make you so MAD!
There are three words in the English language that end in "gry".
ONE is angry and the other is hungry.
EveryONE knows what the third ONE means and what it stands for.
EveryONE uses them everyday, and if you listened very carefully, I've
given you the third word.
What is it?
_______gry?

[Cain]

I think I figured it out but I will shut up for now, am sending you a PM

But I must say -

That's a **very** tricky question you fox! :D

|Cain|

[YODA]

Actually there are SIX words that end in GRY.

But I DO know the common answer to this riddle.

I won't spoil it for anyone else though :D

Here's a clue...

..... and if you listened very carefully......

[Cain]

Yep, You are correct :D

|Cain|

[KickChick]

I remember this "riddle" circulating in emails a while back.... (and actually there are several different versions out there)....
more of a play on words that requires some thinking to solve!

[pgm316]

and the answer makes little sense really..........

[KickChick]

Why don't we keep this thread going with another riddle ...
this could be fun!

The one who makes it sells it.
The one who buys it doesnt use it.
The one who uses it cant see it.
What is it?

[KickChick]

hint?? http://www.computerpannen.com/cwm/contrib/duckman/dead.gif

Perhaps maybe we should solve the first??
... there are a couple versions out there .... so different answers. Which one is it?? http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/didyouknow/gry.asp

[JediMasterChris]

A casket?

[KickChick]

Right!

Anyone else have a riddle to share??

[morphus]

How do you measure 3 quarters of an hour using the following? -

You have two pieces of string of equal length - both if burnt, last exactly one hour but each burn randomly/irregular rate though out the length.

[YODA]

Hmmm......

They burn at unequal rates. But if you light one end it takes one hour - so if you light BOTH ends it will take exactly 30min.

So we have a way to time 60min and a way to time 30min.

Hmmmm.............

I'll give it some more thought when the beer starts to kick in :D

[morphus]

Stop messing about - did you have to do it so quick?

Took ME an age to get that one!:(

[YODA]

I don't have it yet - but I'm on the case!!!!!!!!!!!!

[YODA]

I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it I got it :D

I'm not gonna spoil it though - there may be more than 1 solution.

Tip - at some stage you'll need to light all 4 ends :D

[Saz]

What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich want it, And if you eat it, you'll die?

[TkdWarrior]

oh man someone asked me that :p
dunno
-TkdWarrior-

[Mo Lung]

Originally posted by Kyokushin_girl
What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich want it, And if you eat it, you'll die?

I hate to just jump in with the answer before people have had a chance...

Oh, it's nothing.

;)

[YODA]

OK - try this one....

Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges" and "Apples and Oranges". Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box (No feeling around or peeking permitted). How can you label each box correctly?

[Fergie Boy]

You Label each box fruit.


Yoiu pick from the "Apples and Oranges" box, which tells you whether it is apples or oranges, if it is apples the box marched apples must be oranges as the one marked oranges can't have the oranges, making the box marched oranges holding oranges and apples.

[pgm316]

Originally posted by Fergie Boy
You Label each box fruit.


Yoiu pick from the "Apples and Oranges" box, which tells you whether it is apples or oranges, if it is apples the box marched apples must be oranges as the one marked oranges can't have the oranges, making the box marched oranges holding oranges and apples.

Yeah your right FB, took me a while to get my head round that one!

Box labelled apples & orange, pull out apple, box must be apples only

Box labelled Oranges can’t be oranges and box 1 is apple, must be apple & orange

Box labelled Apples must be oranges!

:) Gave me a good mental workout Yoda!

[YODA]

Tadaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok - who's next?

[BlackRaven]

A man walks into a pub. The barman looks at him, and says nothing but produces a gun and points it at the man. The man says "Thank you" and walks out. Why?

[YODA]

hic!

:D

[KickChick]

:confused: .... was he an Englishman, a Scotsman, or an Irishman :D

[YODA]

Like I said ...... Hic!

:D

[BlackRaven]

Originally posted by YODA
hic!

:D

Correct :D

[pgm316]

He's drunk!? :D

[BlackRaven]

He goes in, as asks for some water for his hic-cups. The bar man, noticing the hic-cups, pulls the gun out to shock him, thus helping to cure him.

[KickChick]

Good one BlackRaven!

Surely someone will get this one right away!

It's more beautiful then the face of god
it's more evil then the devil
poor men have it
rich men need it
dead men eat it all the time
if you eat it you'll die slowly
what is it?

[Mo Lung]

Once again, nothing. ;)

[Mo Lung]

Here's an easy one:

I have a bed but never sleep, I have a bank but never save. What am I?

[YODA]

A river?

[YODA]

Heres one....

A submarine boat is floating in a closed dock. Maintenance staff fills the ballast tanks with water until the submarine sinks to the bottom of the dock. Does the water level in the dock rise or fall? Why?

[Veyga]

ive got one: a man is stuck on a hook with no way to get down all he has is a puddle of water underneath him how did he get there?

[Mo Lung]

Originally posted by YODA
A river?

Correct, sir! ;)

[Mo Lung]

Originally posted by Veyga
ive got one: a man is stuck on a hook with no way to get down all he has is a puddle of water underneath him how did he get there?

He was standing on a large block of ice.

[Mo Lung]

Originally posted by YODA
Heres one....

A submarine boat is floating in a closed dock. Maintenance staff fills the ballast tanks with water until the submarine sinks to the bottom of the dock. Does the water level in the dock rise or fall? Why?

What's a submarine boat?

[YODA]

It's one of those special boats that can go underwater :D

http://www.troop5psc.com/Pampanito/submarine.gif

[Fergie Boy]

Well the submarine will displace more water than it takes in I would thinkto raise the level of water, but it is a dock which is open to the sea or a river so any rise would be impercievable.

[YODA]

It's a closed dock - and you're wrong :D

[BlackRaven]

Wouldn't the water go up, as filling the sub with water would surely make it heavier (despite it being the water from outside going in).

[pgm316]

The water would fall! The submarine will always weight the same (ie the metal) and thus displace the same amout of water, but when it submerges, some of the water is inside it. If that makes any sense :D

[Slownsteady]

PGM, I don't know if I agree totally with that. We are not just talking about weight, we are talking about density and volume. Steel weighs about 7850 kg/cubic metre. Sea water - about 999 kg/ cubic metre. The 2 are not interchangeable.

I would have thought that the volume of the boat (submarine)comes into play as some empty space filled with air will still remain in the vessel when it is under water( unless the operators are fish people in which case why do we need a sub??). ie- the volume of the submersion chambers when filled with Sea Water would equate to the mass of the displaced volume of air in the vessel less the mass of the dry weight of the vessel.

But, this answer is too obvious - I am trying the lateral thinking cap, the earth is still flat, and 1 day we will sail off the edge.......

hmmmm.......

Mick

[pgm316]

Originally posted by Slownsteady
PGM, I don't know if I agree totally with that. We are not just talking about weight, we are talking about density and volume. Steel weighs about 7850 kg/cubic metre. Sea water - about 999 kg/ cubic metre. The 2 are not interchangeable.

I would have thought that the volume of the boat (submarine)comes into play as some empty space filled with air will still remain in the vessel when it is under water( unless the operators are fish people in which case why do we need a sub??). ie- the volume of the submersion chambers when filled with Sea Water would equate to the mass of the displaced volume of air in the vessel less the mass of the dry weight of the vessel.

But, this answer is too obvious - I am trying the lateral thinking cap, the earth is still flat, and 1 day we will sail off the edge.......

hmmmm.......

Mick

mmmmm

Wheres YODA with the answer :D

But, a large amount of the submarine is already submerged including most of the volume of air inside the submerine. And the submarine will have to take in a lot of water to drag the remaining cavity of air below sea level.

[Slownsteady]

alot of water- but the relative densities of water and air are orders of magnitude apart.

Mick

[pgm316]

...... er I knew that! ;)

I'm not too sure now, where are you YODA. I drank too much beer last night to be working this out! :o

[Slownsteady]

earth calling yoda- come in Yoda.

We need the force!!

[pgm316]

Sobered up a bit and I pretty sure I’ve worked it out! ;)

As the submarine takes on water, the water it takes in increases the amount the submarine displaces by an equal amount. So the water level stays the same! But as the submarine goes to the bottom its taking in more water which isn’t being displaced by anything, so then the water level in the dry dock goes down! :)

[YODA]

pgm316 is correct :D

[Mo Lung]

Originally posted by YODA
It's one of those special boats that can go underwater :D

http://www.troop5psc.com/Pampanito/submarine.gif

But that's just a submarine, not a submarine boat.

Surely a submarine boat would be a boat aboard or attached to a submarine.

;)

[Chinwoo-er]

How do you draw a triangle with all three corners being at right angles.

[YODA]

On a sphere :D

[pgm316]

Being AT right angles as opposed to being right angles!?

If one corner is a right angles, thus the other 2 being at right angles to it?

[YODA]

Like I said - on a sphere :D

All three angles are 90 degrees.

It does, however, "bend" the definition of "triangle" a little.

[pgm316]

I think I'd need to see a pic to get my head round that one

[YODA]

Just imagine drawing a triangle on the outside of a soccer ball.

All 3 corners would ne 90 degrees.

[Andy Murray]

Is that an I soccer lees triangle? :D

[Cain]

Draw 3 tangents in a circle intersecting each other.

|Cain|

[YODA]

..... and their internal angles will be 60 deg.

[Cain]

Exactly :D

|Cain|

[YODA]

Originally posted by cain_charlie
Exactly :D

|Cain|


And the original puzzle was?


How do you draw a triangle with all three corners being at right angles?

So you're WRONG :D

[Cain]

Draw 3 tangents in a circle intersecting each other.

My answer :D

Also can be done if you gotta circular/compass and a straight line ;)

|Cain|

[YODA]

Nope.

Tangents are straight lines.

The best you will achieve is a 2 dimensional representation of a 3 dimension figuire (the answer)

[Cain]

*slaps thick head*

Doh! :(

I was lookin' at the other side of the river

Mixed up equilateral triangles with right angles when they are supposed to be 60 degrees, misunderstood the question, and would'nt know the answer even if I understoof it

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|Cain|

[YODA]

ROFLMAO :D